Welcome to the Wellington
pages of the New Zealand GenWeb Project. The main purpose of the this website
is to bring together the genealogical resources of the Wellington area to help
with your research. I am also continually seeking more contributions to add
to this site. Please send an email with any suggestions.

Wellington is located at the Southern
end of the North Island and includes the cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper
Hutt and Porirua. Wellington City is perched on the edge of the harbour (Port
Nicholson) and is surrounded by steep hills. To the East of Wellington is the
Rimutaka Range and beyond that the Wairarapa Plain. To the North is the Hutt
Valley which is where much of Wellington's urban expansion has taken place with
there still being open farmland to the North of the Hutt Valley Cities. To the
North East of Wellington over the hills on the coast is the city of Porirua
with the coastal communities spreading beyond to the north.

New
Zealand Defence Force Records:Hold Personal Records for Navy, Army and Air Force who served
with the Armed Forces from 1920 onwards. Records from the South African War
and First world war are held by Archives New Zealand. (Link).

National Library:Hold the country's Electoral Rolls. The general collections
include New Zealand Newspapers, publications, serials, maps, prints, posters
and calendars which are made readily available in several ways. 10,000 NZ
publications dating from the 19th century are available to assist in family
research.

Peter and Denises "Our Stuff"A comprehensive listing of Genealogical Resources relating
to the Wellington area with many of the above links going to this site as
well. Includes Magistrate's Lists, NZ War Medal Recipent's, Short stories
of events and characters of early NZ, Biographies, Wellington Naturalisations
1840 - 1899, NZ Pioneer Roll, Wellington Almanack 1864 - 1866, story of the
"Pamir", Shipwreck Tales.

Helens' Page of New Zealand History:
Likewise a very comprehensive listing of Resources for the Wellington area
with a lot of links to the above section. Interesting section on "The
Settlers Lot", shipwrecks around the Lower North Island, Lists of Pioneers,
streets of Wellington and their residents, self employed Wellingtonians, Teachers
of Wellington area schools, Tawa Landholders, Earthquake Report 1848, Wellington
Hotels etc: pre 1900 and many other interesting things.

Wellington City Archives: Much information can be found here, including Electoral
Rolls from 1842, Rating and Valuation Records, Cemetery Records, Building
Records, Photographs etc:

Petone Settlers Museum:Reseach of Maori History and Whakapapa,
Research and update of computer passenger lists/family history database, Encouragement
of local immigrant communities to tell there stories of migration and settlement,
Answering general enquiries on family research. The mission statement of the
Museum is to enhance the historical interests of the people of the Hutt City
and environs.

Wellington World Wide Web:Not a genealogy website, but it is all about Wellington and
does have a unique heritage section. Covers topics such as lifestyle and trends,
news, environment, how to get there, where to stay, has maps, bookings, what
to do. Lists of galleries, museums, movies & theatres etc:

Wellington - New Zealand Bound:History of Port Nicholson and Wellington covering many of
the early ship arrivals, Bibliography, Emigrant Vessels, A section on Wellington
Maritime Museum. A few passenger lists and a list of all ships mentioned in
the book "Early Wellington"

Australasian BDM Exchange:A searchable database of birth, death and marriage registration.
To see what information is on NZ certificates follow link to NZ and then click
on guide.

NZ History.Net.NZ:Aims to be the first port of call in any
world wide web search for history on New Zealand. Very interesting site based
in Wellington covering all New Zealand History and has an ever increasing
online gallery and a links page to many history and genealogical sites.

HOMEPAGES: Did you have research interests in the Wellington
area and would you like us to link to your homepage? Please send an email
with the details.

I am presently searching for genealogical resources
for the Wellington Region and am also looking for volunteers prepared to do
lookups in genealogical material they own or have access to. If you know of
any genealogical information that is available or are willing to volunteer to
do lookups please send me an email.

Mail
Lists, Message Boards and Surname Resources:

For Wellington Researchers there is
a Message Board that covers this area. Click
here
The New Zealand Message Board is a great place to post a general query about
your Kiwi ancestors!

The New Zealand Mail List is for anyone
with an historical or genealogical interest in New Zealand. To subscribe to
the list, please follow this link
and just follow the instructions.
(Please be sure to read the welcome message from the List Owners, as it contains
important information that you will need for unsubscribing).

Volunteer's are still needed to
make the New Zealand GenWeb Project a success for the regions still marked in
blue. Please contact Leith Hutton for details

The Wellington, GenWeb
Project is a member of the New Zealand GenWeb/WorldGenWeb Projects
and is dedicated to the free exchange of public-domain records via the internet.
We are a non-profit volunteer organization.

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since 25 Feb 2000Last updated
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